Brick-pallet.



A. .l. BENTLEY.

BRlCK PALLET.

APPLICATION FILED mus. l9l6.

Patented Jan. 23, 1917.

gwuem foz ANSON J. BENTLEY, OF NILES, OHIO.

BRICK-PALLET.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Jan. 23, M117.

Application filed January 3, 1916. Serial No. 69,869.

To all to ham it may concern Be it known that T, Anson J. BENTLEY, acitizen of the United States of America. residing at Niles. in thecounty of Trumbull and State or" Ohio. have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Bricklallets, of which the following is a speci[ication.

My present invention is an improvement in brick-pallets of the kinddescribed in Letters Patent No. 833,665, issued. to me Oct. 16, 1.906;No. 859,039, July 2, 1907, and N0. 1,06a.,811 issued to me and FrankBentley June 17, 1913, to each 01 which reference is hereby made.

The objects of this invention are, first, to provide such pallets aswhile permitting of free circulation of air between the layers ofbricks, are of increased strength and more convenient shape, and withoutsharp projections which would catch upon each other and upon extraneousobjects, and whose protruding edges and corners become bent out of shapeor broken 0H and, second, to materially reduce the manufacturing cost ofsuch pallets. I accomplish those objects by the means which are fullyset forth in the specification; clearly illustrated in the drawings, andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective of the bottom ofmy pallet; Fig. 2 is a perspective of the top, and Fig.

3 is a sectional Yiew taken on the line BB, of Fig. 2.

The pallet 1, which is made of sheet metal, is formed with its twolongitudinal edges 2, 2, rolled under, forming the hand grasps 3, 3,which formation lends the greatest strength to the metal and the pallc'.Protuberances (T. l. are struck by the forming die in one or more spotsor locations on the edges 2, 2, preferably in two pairs, one pair neareach end. The protuberances 4, at are not punctured through the metal,wherefore there are no raw, ragged or cutting edges protrudin yet theyserve to prevent the close alinement of contiguous pallets and thebricks thereon, and preserve uniform air spaces between the rows orlayers of bricks which are to be dried or burned.

The advantages of my present invention are apparent.

I claim:

In pallets of the kind described, means for retaining pairs of suchpallets apart from each other consisting of rounded protuberances formedon parallel edges thereof, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I a'tfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANSON J. BENTLEY.

Vitnesscs H. T. Ur'ron, P. Bn'rnunn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner at Eateries. Washington, .0. C.

